of hospitality with great exactnefs to those who put themselves into his power, and, in a few days, brought Pekuah with her maids, by eafy journeys, to their place appointed, where receiving the ftipulated price, he restored her with great respect to liberty and her friends, and undertook to conduct them back towards Cairo beyond all danger of robbery or violence. The princess and her favourite embraced each other with transport too violent to be expreffed, and went out together to pour the tears of tenderness in fecret, and exchange profeffions of kindness and gratitude. After a few hours they returned into the refectory of the convent, where, in the presence of the prior and his brethren, the prince required quired of Pekuah the hiftory of her ad ventures. CHA P. XXXVII. The adventures of the lady Pekuah. "A kuah, your T what time, and in what manner, I was forced away, faid Pefervants have told you. The fuddenness of the event ftruck me with furprife, and I was at firft rather stupified than agitated with any paffion of either fear or forrow. My confufion was encreased by the speed and tumult of our flight while we were followed by the Turks, who, as it seemed, foon despaired to overtake us, or were afraid of those whom they made a fhew of menacing. "When in my "When the Arabs faw themselves out of danger they flackened their course, and as I was lefs haraffed by external violence, I began to feel more uneafinefs mind. After fome time we ftopped near a spring fhaded with trees in a pleasant meadow, where we were fet upon the ground, and offered fuch refreshments as our mafters were partaking. I was fuffered to fit with my maids apart from the reft, and none attempted to comfort or infult us. Here I first began to feel the full weight of my mifery. The girls fat weeping in filence, and from time to time looked on me for fuccour. I knew not to what condition we were doomed, nor could conjecture where would be the place of our captivity, or whence to draw any hope of deliverance. I was in the hands of rob bers bers and favages, and had no reason to suppose that their pity was more than their justice, or that they would forbear the gratification of any ardour of desire, or caprice of cruelty. I, however, kif fed my maids, and endeavoured to pacify them by remarking, that we were yet treated with decency, and that, fince we were now carried beyond perfuit, there was no danger of violence to our lives. "When we were to be fet again on horseback, my maids clung round me, and refused to be parted, but I commanded them not to irritate those who had us in their power. We travelled the remaining part of the day through an unfrequented and pathlefs country, and came by moonlight to the fide of a hill, where the reft of the troop was fta tioned. tioned. Their tents were pitched, and their fires kindled, and our chief was welcomed as a man much beloved by his dependants. When "We were received into a large tent, where we found women who had attended their hufbands in the expedition. They fet before us the fupper which they had provided, and I eat it rather to encourage my maids than to comply with any appetite of my own. the meat was taken away they spread the carpets for repofe. I was weary, and hoped to find in fleep that remiffion of diftre's which nature feldom denies. Ordering myself therefore to be undrest, I obferved that the women looked very earneftly upon me, not expecting, I fuppofe, to fee me fo fubmiffively attended. When |